FLY
Furnace
Furnace recipe
| Hook | #6 sproat |
|---|---|
| Thread | claret |
| Rib | furnace dry fly hackle shorter than hook gape, palmered |
| Body | red (crimson) floss |
| Hackle | furnace, soft cock |
| Wings | gray quill |
About this fly
The sample fly is tied from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury furnace is a feather color: black stem (rachis) with brown barb tips palmering is wrapping the hackle feather in spirals over the body generally with the barbs slanting back toward the bend of the hook; feather is tied in with shiny side out this fly could be tied with a reverse palmer rib which is when the barbs lean toward the eye of the hook; feather is tied in with shiny side toward hook
Tied for: Trout (general)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate P, No. 136. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
